William Croone, on The Reason of the Movement of the Muscles
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William Croone, on The Reason of the Movement of the Muscles

Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 90, part 1)

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William Croone, on The Reason of the Movement of the Muscles

Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 90, part 1)

About this book

When William Croone published his small treatise, "De ratione motus musculorum" in 1664, it represented one of the earliest attempts to explicate muscle contraction in terms of the then current mechanical & chemical concepts. The work is significant not only because it provides an informative overview of the difficulties inherent in addressing the question of how muscles contract, but also because it derives from a series of experiments that form a logical framework for the notion that expanding muscle, like a bladder filled with air or water, can exert a force capable of moving parts of the body against considerable restraint. This vol. contains a brief biography of Croone; an introduction to his ideas & experiments; list of references; & the text in Latin facsimile & English translation. Illus.

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Table of contents

  1. List of Illustrations
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Introductory notes
  5. 1. Wilkins's experiments with inflated bladders
  6. 2. Croone's experiment with bladder, weights and strings from Register Book (original) of the Royal Society, Vol.1.,1660-1662
  7. 3. Diagrams to explain Croone's observation on muscle action associated with resistance to forced elbow flexion
  8. 4. Croone's revised hypothesis of muscle structure from Philosophical Collections, 1681
  9. 5. Lifting devices utilizing inflated bladders from Joh. C. Sturm, Collegium Experimentale sive Curiosum, Nuremberg, 1676-1685
  10. 6. Model with inflatable "muscle" from John. C. Sturm, Collegium Experimental sive Curiosum, Nuremberg, 1676-1685
  11. Translation
  12. Introduction
  13. Croone's conception of a muscle from De ratione motus musculorum, 1664
  14. Croone's application of his hypothesis to elbow flexion from De ratione motus musculorum, 1664
  15. INDEX